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INEOS Bio JV Closes $75M in private financing under USDA loan guarantee program for advanced BioEnergy Center in Florida

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INEOS Bio announced that its joint-venture project, INEOS New Planet BioEnergy (INPB), has finalized $75 million in private financing utilizing the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) loan guarantee program for its new Indian River BioEnergy Center located in Florida. This can be blended into the gasoline pool for the renewable fuels market.

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PNNL’s hydrothermal liquefaction shows promise for turning toxic algal blooms into biocrude

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The newly cleaned water is then returned to the environment, while the algae are further concentrated to maximize the potential for energy and nutrient recovery. PNNL will apply its expertise in catalytic upgrading to make diesel-range renewable fuel blendstocks from the HTL biocrude. Figure from Tian et al.

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UPS adding 200 more series hybrid delivery trucks

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will be deployed beginning in January 2017 starting in Arizona, Texas, Nevada, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida, and, possibly in other states as well. In addition to its use of alternative vehicles, UPS uses millions of gallons of lower carbon footprint renewable diesel and renewable natural gas (RNG) in its fleet each year.

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Algenol and Reliance launch algae fuels demonstration project in India

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The advanced fuel producing algae technology is successfully operating at Algenol’s Fort Myers, Florida headquarters. The algal bio-oil can be used to produce biodiesel, renewable diesel, or other bio-oil-derived products. Spent algal biomass is gasified to produce bio-methane that is used onsite in a combined heat and powerunit.

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USDA awards $10M in grants to spur production of biofuels, bioenergy and biobased products

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University of Florida, $496,996. University of Florida, $497,851. Projects were awarded in four areas: policy options for and impacts on regional biofuels production systems; impacts of regional bioenergy feedstock production systems on wildlife and pollinators; socioeconomic impacts of biofuels on rural communities; and.

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USDA approves $99M, 80% loan guarantee to Chemtex to support development of cellulosic ethanol from energy grasses

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Source: Beta Renewables. Once operational, the facility is expected to convert 600,000 tons of energy grasses per year into an estimated 20 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol using the Beta Renewable’s PROESA enzymatic hydrolysis process. Click to enlarge. PROESA combines an enzymatic pre-treatment process with fermentation.

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Sandia, ASU collaborate on algae computational modeling, look for algae pond predators

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ATP 3 is funded by the DOE’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office. ATP 3 partners include Sandia; ASU; the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo; the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta; and the algae companies San Diego-based Cellana Inc.

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